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John Adams

1767 - 1829

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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first person to hold the office of vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). John Adams is the 154th most popular extremist (up from 157th in 2024), the 2,146th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,986th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Extremist.

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Among Extremists

Among extremists, John Adams ranks 154 out of 283. Before him are Josef Blösche, Stephen Paddock, Fred West, Alexandros Koryzis, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, and Joseph Valachi. After him are Joseph Bonanno, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Elisabeth Becker, Peter Sutcliffe, Anatoly Onoprienko, and Samuel Little.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, John Adams ranks 30. Before him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, Jacques Laffitte, Alexis Bouvard, and Jacques-Laurent Agasse. After him are Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Platon Zubov, Anouvong, Heinrich Schrader, Takizawa Bakin, and Black Hawk. Among people deceased in 1829, John Adams ranks 27. Before him are Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Kittur Chennamma, Josef Dobrovský, and Sikandar Jah. After him are Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Juan Ignacio Molina, Anouvong, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, and Nikolay Raevsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Adams ranks 2,146 out of 8,785. Before him are Dick Taylor (1943), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Vanessa Bell (1879), Jack Charlton (1935), and Ian Khama (1953). After him are Mike Ratledge (1943), Donald Adamson (1939), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Edward Dickinson Baker (1811), Edwin Montagu (1879), and George Williams (1821).

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Among Extremists In United Kingdom

Among extremists born in United Kingdom, John Adams ranks 8. Before him are Emperor Norton (1818), John Haigh (1909), John Christie (1899), Harold Shipman (1946), Dennis Nilsen (1945), and Fred West (1941). After him are Peter Sutcliffe (1946), Mary Bell (1957), Jonathan Wild (1683), Guy Burgess (1911), Amelia Dyer (1837), and Dick Turpin (1705).

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